Personal Injury Law

$1,000,000 Fairfax, Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict

By Ben Glass

We are thankful and pleased to report a verdict for one of our medical malpractice clients in Fairfax, Virginia, yesterday.

The case involved a 3 year delay in diagnosing rectal cancer. During this time the defendant ignored signs of rectal bleeding, attributing repeated findings and complaints of bleeding to 'hemorrhoids.'

As a result of the delay the plaintiff, a 45 year old male, was deprived of the opportunity to have his pre-cancerous polyp removed and, later, was deprived of the opportunity to have an early cancer removed with a relatively minor procedure. Instead, when finally diagnosed (after he changed doctors due to the ignored complaints) he underwent radiation and chemotherapy, followed by two major operations resulting in the removal of his rectum and near total loss of sexual function.

Full post as published by Northern Virginia Personal Injury Lawyer on February 01, 2008 (boomark / email).